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Synonyms for crust

15 synonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

freshness insolence impertinence cheekiness income daily bread cake bread

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Gall

gall, freshness, impudence, insolence, impertinence, cheekiness

2. Daily bread — A living

daily bread, income, livelihood

Other

bread, cake, heel UK US AU, integument, encrustation, eschar

Definitions

n. 1
A living.
n. 2
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.

Related words

Word family: cruft crustcore crusted crustlike crusty
Phrases: upper-crust crust punk crack a crust cradle crust earn one's crust hot water crust milk crust pie crust lease

Forms

Plural: crusts → galls, freshnesses, impudences, insolences…

Example sentences

freshness This cuttlefish has started to lose its freshness.
insolence Your insolence comes from your messianic complex.
impertinence Please accept my sincere apologies for my impertinence.
income I am by no means satisfied with my present income.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
crust		steady
freshness		steady
insolence		rising
impertinence		rising
cheekiness		rising
income		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: cake¹, heel¹, gall¹
5 letters: bread¹
6 letters: income², eschar
9 letters: freshness², insolence³, impudence
10 letters: livelihood³, integument⁴, cheekiness
12 letters: impertinence, encrustation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (income² = 2 syllables).